RE: [v3 24/26] KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU is blocked

["Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Paolo Bonzini
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:37 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org; kvm@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [v3 24/26] KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU
> is blocked
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/12/2014 04:16, Wu, Feng wrote:
> >>> pre-block:
> >>> - Add the vCPU to the blocked per-CPU list
> >>> - Clear 'SN'
> >>
> >> Should SN be already clear (and NV set to POSTED_INTR_VECTOR)?
> >
> > I think the SN bit should be clear here, Adding it here is just to make sure
> > SN is clear when vCPU is blocked, so it can receive wakeup notification event
> later.
> 
> Then, please, WARN if the SN bit is set inside the if (vcpu->blocked).
> Inside that if you can just add the vCPU to the blocked list on vcpu_put.
> 
> >> Can it
> >> happen that you go from sched-out to blocked without doing a sched-in
> first?
> >>
> >
> > I cannot imagine this scenario, can you please be more specific? Thanks a lot!
> 
> I cannot either. :)  But it would be the case where SN is not cleared.
> So we agree that it cannot happen.
> 
> >> In fact, if this is possible, what happens if vcpu->preempted &&
> >> vcpu->blocked?
> >
> > In fact, vcpu->preempted && vcpu->blocked happens sometimes, but I think
> there is
> > no issues. Please refer to the following case:
> 
> I agree that there should be no issues.  But if it can happen, it's better:
> 
> 1) to separate the handling of preemption and blocking: preemption
> handles SN/NV/NDST, blocking handles the wakeup list.
> 
Sorry, I don't quite understand this.

I think handling of preemption and blocking is separated in vmx_vcpu_put().
For vmx_vcpu_load(), the handling of SN/NV/NDST is common for preemption
and blocking.

Thanks,
Feng

> 2) to change this
> 
> +		} else if (vcpu->blocked) {
> +			/*
> +			 * The vcpu is blocked on the wait queue.
> +			 * Store the blocked vCPU on the list of the
> +			 * vcpu->wakeup_cpu, which is the destination
> +			 * of the wake-up notification event.
> 
> to just
> 
> 		}
> 		if (vcpu->blocked) {
> 			...
> 		}
> > kvm_vcpu_block()
> > 	-> vcpu->blocked = true;
> > 	-> prepare_to_wait(&vcpu->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> >
> > 	before schedule() is called, this vcpu is woken up by another guy, so
> > 	the state of the vcpu associated thread is changed to TASK_RUNNING,
> > 	then preemption happens after interrupts or the following schedule() is
> > 	hit, this will call kvm_sched_out(), in which current->state ==
> TASK_RUNNING
> > 	and vcpu->preempted is set to true. So now vcpu->preempted and
> vcpu->blocked
> > 	are both true. In vmx_vcpu_put(), we will check vcpu->preempted first, so
> > 	the vCPU will not be blocked, and the vcpu->blocked will be set the false in
> > 	vmx_vcpu_load().
> >
> > 	But maybe I need do a little change to the vmx_vcpu_load() like below:
> >
> >                 /*
> >                  * Delete the vCPU from the related wakeup queue
> >                  * if we are resuming from blocked state
> >                  */
> >                 if (vcpu->blocked) {
> >                         vcpu->blocked = false;
> > +						/* if wakeup_cpu == -1, the vcpu is currently not
> blocked on any
> > +						  pCPU, don't need dequeue here */
> > +						if (vcpu->wakeup_cpu != -1) {
> >
> spin_lock_irqsave(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock,
> >                                 vcpu->wakeup_cpu), flags);
> >                     	     list_del(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list);
> >
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock,
> >                                 vcpu->wakeup_cpu), flags);
> >                         	 vcpu->wakeup_cpu = -1;
> > +						}
> >                 }
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> Paolo
> 
> > Any ideas about this? Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Feng
> >
> >
> > 	-> schedule();
> >
> >
> >>
> >>> - Set 'NV' to POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR
> >>>
> >>> post-block:
> >>> - Remove the vCPU from the per-CPU list
> >>
> >> Paolo
> >>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Feng Wu <feng.wu@intel.com>
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